The Republic (Zeno)

The Republic (Greek:Πολιτεία) was a work written by Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoic philosophy at the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. Although it has not survived, it was his most famous work, and various quotes and paraphrases were preserved by later writers. The purpose of the work was to outline the ideal society based on Stoic principles, where virtuous men and women would live a life of simple asceticism in an equal society.

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Written, it would seem, in conscious opposition to Plato's Republic, Zeno's Republic (politeia) outlined the principles of an ideal state written from the point of view of early Stoic philosophy. The work has not survived; but it was widely known in antiquity and more is known about it than any of his other works. Plutarch provides a summary of its intent:

It is not obvious from Plutarch's remarks whether he had read the work himself. One person who had read it was an otherwise unknown figure known as "Cassius the Skeptic", whose polemic written against Zeno's Republic is paraphrased by Diogenes Laërtius:

The Republic (film)

The Republic (Turkish:Cumhuriyet) is a 1998 Turkish historical film directed by Ziya Öztan.
The film follows the political and historical events of the first years of the Republic of Turkey (1922-1933) and looks at the private life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.